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A walk in a bra: All for charity.

In just a few days a group of friends and colleagues of mine will be stripping down the their underwear (tastefully, of course) and walking trough Edinburgh, Scotland. The walk will be long. It will take hours and hours to complete, but it is all for charity and well worth it. It’s called ‘Walk the Walk’.

Walk the Walk came into being 14 years ago when just 13 women Power Walked the New York City Marathon in their bras to raise money and awareness for breast cancer. What started out as a one-off fundraising event, has blossomed into a thriving multi-million pound charity, raising to date in excess of £65 million for vital breast cancer causes. You can read more about it here.

Here’s a little bit from two of my friends….

It seemed like a really good idea at the time. “It’ll just be like a long day out shopping, but in trainers instead of heels!” So began the insane idea to walk (please note the word WALK before you get too impressed) a marathon. 26.2 miles. At night. For Breast Cancer Awareness. In Edinburgh. In a bra.

That was six months ago. Many hours of walking, giggling, fundraising and bra decorating later we are all still friends! Today we walked our ‘big’ training walk before the real thing on June 11th. We managed 18 miles in just under five hours. Not too shabby all things considered! That means we are on schedule to walk the MoonWalk Edinburgh 2011 in under 8 hours. We know we can do it because we are all in this together.

Sadly every one of us knows someone who has been affected by breast cancer. We are doing this for the people we love, the people we’ve tragically lost, but also for all those people we will never know but who will benefit from every penny we raise. We are doing this for us. We are doing this for you.